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<div><h1 class="article-title">How do I modify the Forums template?</h1></div>
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    <p>Modify <strong>Template Settings</strong> to control the default settings of newly-created Forums and Topics. These settings can be overridden for a specific Forum or Topic.</p>
<p>Forum and Topics already in place will not be affected by changes to <strong>Template Settings.</strong></p>
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    <h2 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Go to Discussions.</h2>
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    <p>Select <strong>Discussions</strong> from the Tool Menu of your site.</p>
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    <h2 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Click Template Settings.</h2>
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    <h2 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Select posting settings.</h2>
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<strong>Moderate topics in forums</strong>: select <strong>Yes</strong> to configure the Forum such that all messages posted within must be approved by the instructor before other students can see them.</li>
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<strong>Require users to post before reading</strong>: select Yes to require users to post their own response first before they can view other messages posted previously.</li>
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    <h2 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Select availability settings.</h2>
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<li>Select <strong>Show Immediately</strong> to allow the new Forum to be available to students immediately after creation.</li>
<li>Select <strong>Specify dates to open (show) and/or close (hide) </strong>to configure the Forum to be available during specific dates. .</li>
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    <h2 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Activate automatic marking as read.</h2>
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    <p>Select <strong>Yes</strong> to provide students with an option to mark all messages within a conversation, or thread, as read.</p>
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    <h2 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Modify Permission Level.</h2>
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<li>Click the <strong>Permission Level </strong>menu that's associated with a role for which you'd like to change the permissions. </li>
<li>Select a new Permission Level.</li>
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<p>In the example, the Teaching Assistant is provided with the Owner role for the new Forum. </p>
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    <h2 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Or, create a custom permission level.</h2>
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<li>Click the <strong>Customize</strong> menu that's associated with a role for which you'd like to change the permissions. </li>
<li>Select new permissions for the role as needed.</li>
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